{"id":450843,"date":"2026-09-02T08:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/450843\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T08:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:11:10","slug":"wild-moment-drunk-california-mom-takes-kids-on-nightmare-highway-chase-before-smashing-into-guardrail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/450843\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild moment drunk California mom takes kids on nightmare highway chase before smashing into guardrail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A California mom allegedly turned <a data-ylk=\"slk:a hit-and-run;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/28\/us-news\/socal-man-charged-in-117-mph-victorville-crash-that-killed-two-teens\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">a hit-and-run <\/a>into a full-blown highway nightmare, tearing down the road with two kids onboard before plowing into a guardrail, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Brooke Smith, 41, was initially sought after a crash near Shields and Fowler avenues in Fresno at about 6:07 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, <a data-ylk=\"slk:according to the Fresno Police Department;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/13\/us-news\/insane-police-drone-chase-shows-cops-snare-band-of-thieves\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">according to the Fresno Police Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Brooke Smith, 41, was arrested in Fresno, California, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Facebook\/Fresno Police Department\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"544\" height=\"675\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/california_post_772\/1e28e3dc06472e2463c61950dbcbb772.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Brooke Smith, 41, was arrested in Fresno, California, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Facebook\/Fresno Police Department<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Police say Smith fled a crash near Shields and Fowler avenues with two juveniles in her vehicle.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/california_post_772\/8877fa4e105ab0f66b5cee071645ace5.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Police say Smith fled a crash near Shields and Fowler avenues with two juveniles in her vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cops later spotted her vehicle barreling west on Highway 180 \u2014 and things got even more intense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Fresno police helicopter tracked the vehicle from overhead and reported seeing it speeding, driving along the shoulder, tailgating and sideswiping another vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The chaotic drive finally ended when Smith crashed into a guardrail near the Blackstone and Abby Avenue exit, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One juvenile passenger then scrambled out of the vehicle and ran to an officer for help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The child had visible head injuries, while a second juvenile complained of pain from the crash, according to police.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"She allegedly showed signs of impairment after the wreck.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/california_post_772\/8f7f3fcc9e02fa761d2f97aa46332295.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She allegedly showed signs of impairment after the wreck.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"One juvenile passenger then scrambled out of the vehicle and ran to an officer for help.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/california_post_772\/0449d1d06e5f354c94435170c520e131.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>One juvenile passenger then scrambled out of the vehicle and ran to an officer for help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It is unknown what relationship Smith had to the children in the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She allegedly showed signs of impairment after the wreck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cops said Smith was stinking of booze, slurring her words and could barely stand up straight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She was arrested on suspicion of DUI involving drugs and alcohol, reckless driving, hit-and-run and felony child endangerment and booked into the Fresno County Jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A California mom allegedly turned a hit-and-run into a full-blown highway nightmare, tearing down the road with two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113,1573],"class_list":["post-450843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-smith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}